This is an analysis of Silence by David Herbert Lawrence.

Since I lost you I am silence-haunted,
Sounds wave their little wings…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcac bded efXf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111111010 111101 0101010010 1011101 10010001 11001011 1100100111 00111 101101001 1001110 111100 101110 1101010 0101101 001010100 0101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16